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Rogue waves in crossing seas: The Louis Majesty accident
- Source :
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 117
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2012.
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Abstract
- [1] We analyze the sea state conditions during which the accident of the cruise ship Louis Majesty took place. The ship was hit by a large wave that destroyed some windows at deck number five and caused two fatalities. Using the wave model (WAM), driven by the Consortium for Small-Scale Modelling (COSMO-ME) winds, we perform a detailed hindcast of the local wave conditions. The results reveal the presence of two comparable wave systems characterized almost by the same frequency. We discuss such sea state conditions in the framework of a system of two coupled Nonlinear Schrodinger (CNLS) equations, each of which describe the dynamics of a single spectral peak. For some specific parameters, we discuss the breather solutions of the CNLS equations and estimate the maximum wave amplitude. Even though, due to the lack of measurements, it is impossible to establish the nature of the wave that caused the accident, we show that the angle between the two wave systems during the accident was close to the condition for which the maximum amplitude of the breather solution is observed.
- Subjects :
- Atmospheric Science
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Meteorology
Breather
Soil Science
Sea state
Aquatic Science
Oceanography
01 natural sciences
010305 fluids & plasmas
Deck
symbols.namesake
Geochemistry and Petrology
0103 physical sciences
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Hindcast
Rogue wave
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Earth-Surface Processes
Water Science and Technology
Ecology
Mathematical analysis
Paleontology
Forestry
Nonlinear system
Geophysics
Amplitude
Space and Planetary Science
symbols
Geology
Schrödinger's cat
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01480227
- Volume :
- 117
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........0f592c048121c917f8a680f8793d3891